- Vinyl
- Label: METRONOME
- ASIN: B000091ESR
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 398,068 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The Socialist Worker's Party house band of the 80's, an icon of the hard left anti-thatcher struggle in Yorkshire. Along with Red Wedge, Jools the Poet, New Model Army, and live music in Bradford followed by the best, cheapest, and hotest curries in England all were an integral part of being on the left up North.
Great driving music for mountain roads, pre-party, pre-demo prep music- don't over analysis the simplistic lyrics just go with the up beat flow.
Keep on Keepin on- yeah!
Great driving music for mountain roads, pre-party, pre-demo prep music- don't over analysis the simplistic lyrics just go with the up beat flow.
Keep on Keepin on- yeah!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Quite simply one of the greatest albums ever made. As astute politically as anything you will ever hear it simply catches the mood of the downtrodden working classes during Thatchers bleak years of rule and makes plain the notion that "the power is yours".
Truly uplifting, the band had an epic raw quality -- they gave their all and they meant every word. An o so rare quality.
Brilliant. !
Truly uplifting, the band had an epic raw quality -- they gave their all and they meant every word. An o so rare quality.
Brilliant. !
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I recenly got a copy of the cd version of the skins album as my old vynil copy has seen better days.Although the cd version does not contain the untitled track on side two (if anyone can shed any light etc)but it does contain bonus tracks so it's still well worth it. On hearing it again after several years absence a have mixed feeling's. I met the band several time's as a fan and also had the pleasure of supporting them on several occasion's in the mid 80s in scotland.The thing that strike's me whenever anyone remind's of the band is the turmoil, political uphevel ,strike's,Thach etc so i won't bore you with the history lesson instead i'll try give you a different angle on the group a loved then. On a personnel level i found the group some of the most intelligent generous open and likeable people i've had the pleasure to meet. They were the genuine article they flew in the face of fastion, out of step with most things and never afraid to put there ass on the line (quite literally at times)in short they had the bottle. Fastfoward to 2002 i have a copy of the album in my player. The years have been kind to the sound perhaps a bit over blown at times.I remember giving cris the singer a hard time about the production at the time and like a true gent he took on board every druken word a spat at him bearing in mind at most post gig meet and greet's they had the delight of having the NF waiting for them as leave the hall.... Chris if by miricle you read this ....i'm sorry you were right. Take no heroes..... Only inspiration.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
a lost treasure
I bought the album as vinyl when the band was the darling of the SWP. I had a bizarre conversation with Chris over the phone when he was looking for posters of South Africa to use... Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2008 by Cazzandra
Absolutely awful.
Don't buy this record. Trite and mind numbingly boring. Sadly I don't seem to be able to enter zero stars so I've had to put one.
Published on 9 May 2006 by Tom Jedi
Never give into commercialism
The Punk bands of the Seventies followed a boring formula of inaudible vocals, lack of melody and out of tune instruments all played at break neck speed. Read more
Published on 25 July 2005 by Ring of iceman
Enough to make anyone rebelious!
Surely one of the great 80s albums that, now, seem to have captured the real spirit of the time; yuppies, miners on strike, Thatcherism. Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2003 by Andrew Moore
Enough to make anyone rebelious!
Surely one of the great 80s albums that, now, seem to have captured the real spirit of the time; yuppies, miners on strike, Thatcherism. Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2003 by Andrew Moore
A Flame That Can't Be Dimmed
For those of you who have never heard of The Redskins before imagine a mixture of The Jam, The Clash and early Dexys Midnight Runners and you'll get an idea of what they sound... Read more
Published on 9 April 2003 by Bazza
Where the hell is Chris Dean???
The disappearance of one of the greatest frontmen I have ever seen live just adds to the aura surrounding this important record. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2002 by T. Sutton
One of THE best bands EVER!
I'm afraid I'll have to agree with the rest of the reviewers and award this album a princely 5 stars. These boys had talent. Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2001
Sounds as powerful now as it did then
Probably the greatest 'lost' album of the 80s. A powerful combination of punk, stax soul, rockabilly and political lyrics. Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2001
An album just crying out to be heard
Love them or loath them this was on of the most compelling albums of the 80's.Still,15 years after it first fought its way out past all the pomp of it's time it's still as clean... Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2001
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